La Saincte Bible : nouuellement translatée de Latin en Francois, selon l'edition Latine, dernierement imprimée à Louuain : reueuë, corrigée, & approuuée par gens sçauants, à ce deputez. A chascun chapitre sont adiouxtez les Sommaires, contenants la matiere du dict chapitre, les Concordances, & aucunes apostilles aux marges.

La Saincte Bible : nouuellement translatée de Latin en Francois, selon l'edition Latine, dernierement imprimée à Louuain : reueuë, corrigée, & approuuée par gens sçauants, à ce deputez. A chascun chapitre sont adiouxtez les Sommaires, contenants la matiere du dict chapitre, les Concordances, & aucunes apostilles aux marges.

1550

Louuain [Leuven/Louvain, Belgium]

Par Bartholomy de Graue, Anthoine Marie Bergagne, & Iehan de Vvaen

French

PRINTER:
Anthoni Marie Bergaigne

Barthelemy de Grave

Jean Waen

IMPRINT:
Louuain : Par Bartholomy de Graue, Anthoine Marie Bergagne, & Iehan de Vvaen, 1550.

The full imprint runs: "A Louuain, Par Bartholomy de Graue : Antoine Marie Bergagne : & Iehan de Vvaen. M.D.L. Au moys de Septembre. Auec Grace & Priuilege de la M. Imperiale." The latter part refers to the privilege granted by Charles V. to B. de Grave, who also printed Bibles in Latin and in Dutch.

CONTENT:
Description. Title, verso blank, "L'extraict du Priuilege, de la M. Imperiale" (dated Bruxelles, 9 Nov. 1546 and 11 Aug. 1548) - 1 p., "Au ... liseur, Maistre Nicolas de Leuze, Licencié en Theologie, Salut"--2 pp., St. Jerome's Epistle and Preface - 5 pp., list of books - 1 f. Text: (1) Gen. - 2 Macc., 388 ff., ending on Ttt 4 a, verso blank; (2) NT, 91 ff., ending on QQ 3 b; followed on the same page by "La Table des Euangiles & Epistres ... ", which ends on QQ 5 b, 1 p. blank, 1 p. bearing device.

Signatures: [Maltese cross]⁶, a-z⁶ Aa-Zz⁶ Aaa-Sss⁶ Ttt⁴, AA-OO⁶ PP⁴ QQ⁶.

The Louvain Bible. A revision of Le Fèvre's version, made by members of the theological faculty of Louvain, and issued with their authority. In some places, it is said, this Louvain recension shows traces of the influence of Olivetan's version.

The names of Nicolas de Leuze and François de Larben are mentioned as having been employed in the revision; and the whole was approved by Pierre Curtius.

[6], 388, 92, [2] leaves : illustrations ; 37 cm (folio)

ILLUSTRATIONS:
Numerous text woodcuts, including three full page and one folding, and numerous metal cut intitials. Roman type.

The titlepage bears a device - the Infant Christ in the centre of a flaming sun, with the legend "Il a mis son tabernacle au Soleil." This device is repeated on the last page.

CONDITION:
Copy has original owner's manuscript note preserved and bound in before the title. Jesuit inscription and date 1629 in unknown hand on title page.

Copy is contemporary blind tooled calf over wooden boards; brass latches present but lacking clasps.

Several clean tear repairs; minor fraying to blank outer margins of first few and last few leaves; light hand soiling to blank margins of prelims; mild uniform toning and occasional foxing. Worn, 18th cent. rebacking with head and tail of spine damaged; a crack in the back board has been neatly repaired.

CITATION/REFERENCE:
Darlow & Moule, 3717
Van Eys, 62

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BS230 1550